General chit chat part 2
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Which is your first, Holly?This is my second fave thread! I think I am so glad to have people to share and understand!0 -
My first fave is The non scale victories it's so inspiring to hear the little things that make us feel better... Like sitting in booths again... Yay
So I survived my Christmas dinner yesterday it was Chinese food and a lot of junk food! Not one bite there was healthy so I tried my best picking rice over breaded and deep fried food.... Funny thing is both my husbands dad and his brother in law are diabetic too and Canadian Chinese food is bad for diabetes for the most part all those sauces and deep frying... The only dish that had veggies also had mushroom and some nasty sauce I tried to eat it but in the end I just ate my rice and moved on lol
I however only had 1 cookie the whole time as well.... I find they don't appeal to me the same way! I have had baking in my fridge since Friday and I have had since Friday 1 half peanut butter square, some cracker brittle and one cherry cheesecake ball! Also my husband and I opened a bag of chips this weekend and between the two of us we still have chips in the bag!
So we are now on the road to go to see my other mother for Christmas... (My real mom lives with me but my other mom is where my heart is home)... The road brings some new challenges though... Healthy food and the road trip junk food syndrome! I hope I do well so far this morning I had a cheddar cheese bagel 0 -
So we are heading home from our family Christmas and I am a little disappointed in myself because I did have extra sweets and more food then I needed but I am paying the price so I won't beat myself up much more after this... I can't believe how easy it was to slip back into that... And I didn't even drink on bottle of water over 3 days lol! So I am heading home and I only have one more Christmas dinner to make it through and I am cooking it so I have all the control which I prefer!
I am learning quickly that I have trained my body to not eat at night and now when I do I get sick it's not fun
hopefully I can learn from the last few days now though! I seen a picture of me from 2009 when I was 70 lbs lighter and I look at me now and think wtf happened to me... But I'm on that road back and I can't wait to get there!!! This past week was serious motivation!
So I hope the rest of you survived your dinners and are ready to rock and roll!! 2014 is right by around the corner 0 -
I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!!! If eating got a little rough... just remember we're human and let's get back to it!!
So the Christmas holidays is over. It was a fun Christmas. My kids adorably spoiled and deliriously happy! Only a few tantrums from my youngest... amazing! A lot of my family went away to Mexico for Christmas, so it was delightfully uneventful with just my family and Mom over the holidays! Wow! did that take a lot of the stress off. We still have leftovers, but most of that can be used in moderation ( I'm already making turkey stock!). I made it through with a modicum of self-control and if I have a gain this week.... so be it. I have other plans for next week!
Next week I have my brother's 40th birthday party on New Year's eve. I'll have to watch that... liquid calories oh my! Should be a blast though, my SIL went all out. I'm working today, but not really looking forward to it. Boxing Day at the Mall... busiest day of the year! OMG.... well I'll be burning calories tonight. lol!
Paula, a lot of people of the website say to increase protein... it takes longer to digest and hence allows you to feel full longer. It can't hurt to try it!!! I was going to get the sleeve, but there is a lot of hoops in Canada that you have to go through if you want healthcare to pay for it. I'm on a list, but by the time I get in... it might be pointless. I'm doing pretty well this way!
Hollyla, chin up... only one more dinner to go! Remember Christmas only comes once a year... we just have to minimize the damage. Get into January, we're in the clear!!!!
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I'm glad your Christmas was fun Pixy!!!!!
I got a gel filled pillow for Christmas I slept great last night hopefully I can tonight too!!
So on Sunday after work I am leaving to go with my husband for a week in his truck! I am looking forward to getting away for a week but I am scared of not having any meal control at all!!
I will update as often as possible!!0 -
Holly, have a great time w/ your hubby. It must be nice to get the one to one time. Enjoy it and don't worry too much! We'll all be here to cheer you on when you get back!
I'm baking cakes today for my brother's 40th birthday party. I'm making it 2 tier, white on the bottom and chocolate on the top. It'll be decorated in fondant in a poker game theme. Also making about 40 cupcakes. I had fun there: orange cupcakes, raspberry lemonade, rum and eggnog, goldschlager and chocolate and orange chocolate ones. I'm baking today, prepping tonight and I'll hammer out the decorating tomorrow. So much fun!0 -
Little stop in while my husband loads his next load... It's been a long trip the food choices are awful the truck stops have fruit and veggies salads and what not but they don't look appealing or safe lol I am choosingn to avoid deep fried foods as often as possible and try to not get in his way... We were set to bring in the new year at a truck stop but he caught a load going to northern British Columbia and that sounds exciting for me lol! I hope it's beautiful up there!!
I miss my check ins hope all is well and everyone enjoys there evening!!!0 -
Holly, This is fun, travelling with you!We were set to bring in the new year at a truck stop but he caught a load going to northern British Columbia and that sounds exciting for me lol! I hope it's beautiful up there!!0 -
I am currently sitting in a sort of truck stop in this northern alberta town called Rycroft. It's crazy we have not even gotten to the mountains and we went up so many hills, tomorrow we get into some mountain stuff, I know we have a few Canadians so you may sort of know what I'm up against lol! I am not sure my tummy will agree to this!!! We did find some better places to eat and I have had chicken, turkey, Caesar salad and some other better for me choices! I am very much a step on the scale every day type and it's making me crazy to not know!!! I have not been able to take my mess properly due to lack of bathrooms and meal choices but so far so good... This is not the life for me but I think I would try and catch another trip with him in the summer to hopefully the east coast
Anyways time to get some sleep with any luck we should be in BC tomorrow morning and I won't have to try mountain roads at night in this thing lol!0 -
This isn't our best season for travelling Holly! Which way are you going through the mountains? JAsper, Banff or Crowsnest pass? Crowsnest has the craziest turns but its all beautiful country. Have fun. Truckstop eating is tasty but not very kind. Good job being so conscious of it.
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We were in pine pass, it's up north starting in Dawson Creek (mile 0 of the Alaska highway)
I couldn't handle it, I cried I was so scared for part of it... I am not cut to be a truck driver... I toyed with getting my license just so I could have it, but after this trip I know I couldn't do it. truck drivers don't cry when the roads are bad... It took is so long to come back out of the mountains that we got stuck missing our load today and now we can't get it till Monday! Monday is going to be an awful day for my husband as he has to drive for 13 hours straight I am already missing another day of work! We planned this so carefully but there have been so many weather systems that we just couldn't push it... In our last 2 hours on the road there was about 40 cars in the ditch!
I am glad we are just late and not wrecked!0 -
Hi all, hope everyone is having a good start to their new year.
Holly when do you get back? Hope you're having a good trip. If you can't keep your husband home, it seems nice that you can go with him and at least see what he's going through. Will help you have that in common too. Do you sleep in the truck? When I travel, I take a bag of protein powder (and almond milk, that can sit out) and turkey jerky. Good handy proteins.
My weight this morning was 201. I was hoping never to see a 2xx again after hitting 199.5 last week. But lately it seems I bounce around a couple of pounds for a week or three (stall?) and then drop a few. Still believing this is just temporary and that I'll be comfortably ensconced in Onederland in the next month or so.
Physics dictates if you eat under 800 calories a day, you must fade away. So physics gives me faith. (Don't tell that to the clergy though - LOL!)
I used to lose a bit of a pound every day. That's why it was so fun to weigh daily. It never stopped amazing me, seemed like it should be unrealistic. But despite the disbelief, I was spoiled and got used to it. But it's okay.
Looking forward to hearing what you all are going through.
I'm back to work tomorrow. Won't be able to spend as much time at MFP. See you later.
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I am finally home We did sleep in the truck and unfortunately are in the truck!!! I had to go a whole 10 days without my scale... As soon as I got home I ran to my scale... I can't be sure but I think I didn't wreck myself completely lol!!! I of course won't record till Thursday!
I am so tired I can't wait to go to bed!!! enjoy being back to work Paula!!! I go back tomorrow too 0 -
Holly welcome back!
I had a post but I accidently deleted it, I'll try again later.
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P1xy & Holly, We're the only three posting here for the last couple weeks - our own private post hehe.
Holly welcome home, hope you're rejuvenated.
I saw a flock of peacock (peahens actually, all female, no big tails) - about a dozen of them grazing on the side of the highway. It's ranch area, lots of cattle and horses (and foxes and coyotes and bobcats...); and obviously they are not native, so maybe somebody's pets survived and are breeding.
I went back thinking they might be wild turkey (which are native). But yep, peacocks. So I stopped to take their picture, but every time I took a step, they took two back into the brush and clucked at me. They blend well into the woods, so the pictures turned out pretty abstract, not very recognizable. Still cool though.
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I think it's great when people stop by here say hi, vent, or talk about something great, even if it's only a few of us who do it often
I find everything about my day effects the bottomline and my intake and scale so I might as well lay it all out!
Paula how was your return to work?? the peacocks sound amazing to look at, we have some up here the wonder around our zoo freely and they are so neat to watch, I don't know much about them but they must be able to survive a lot of different conditions to live in manitoba!
Today was my first real weigh in since like the 27th and I was pleased to see I had not gained weight on my trip... Even though I was eating not so great foods I was eating less and apparently those cold runs from the trucks to the bathrooms made a difference... Worst part was the cold bathroom trips...
So January had officially kicked off for me and I am going to make it a great month!0 -
Hi Paula and Holly! and everyone else! lol!!! Come on folks, tell us how your doing! :happy:
I used to see Peacocks wander around when I lived in Vancouver. I used to drive 0 rd to work (runs paralllel to the states) and I would watch chickens and peacocks run back and forth over the border. Not as well patrolled as you would think w/ all that illegal crossing. lol! Why did the chicken cross the road? Border Shopping! (I think I'm over tired.) The peacocks were gorgeous (these were the males) but made such a mess of traffic.
I've been doing the Shred with the hubby ( his idea to work off some christmas cookies) and Zumba during the day to get the extra calorie burn. With that the kids, activities and work... I'm so tired.
Anyway ttyl!0 -
Hello!!!!!!!!!
I've been so out of MFP, but still keeping my healthy habits. My trainer set me up for a challenge that will require full track of my meals... so, here I am!0 -
And we are glad to see you back Ignaura! Glad to hear you have been doing well!0
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Hi Ignaura! I've missed seeing your posts! Welcome back!0
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Hi Ignaura it's always great to see you
I'm super stressed out... I kept messing up stuff at work and I don't have time to mess it up because I'm so far behind from my extended vacation!
But I am taking a break so I thought I would check in, say I think my life is about to get tipped upside down and I hope my newly ingrained healthy values are strong enough! I survived the truck now if I can survive the sister 0 -
I'm super stressed out... I kept messing up stuff at work and I don't have time to mess it up because I'm so far behind from my extended vacation!
But I am taking a break so I thought I would check in, say I think my life is about to get tipped upside down and I hope my newly ingrained healthy values are strong enough! I survived the truck now if I can survive the sister
Think about it this way. Will eating poorly make you feel better? Really feel better? Probably not, but continuing your good habits will give you something to focus on to be proud of and if you really focus on it, may help relieve some of the stress.
Don't let the sis get to you (says the man who's family can push his buttons in under five minutes!) We are all pulling for you!0 -
My sodium counts are getting pretty high. I am worried about water weight, but at least it is just water. I know it is one of the two points in my cycle where I naturally retain more water. My other main worry is how the anti-depressant I was just put on will impact my heart. The most common side effects involve high blood pressure and rapid heart rate. While I am glad it doesn't come with the common side effect of weight gain as my anti-psychotic does I worry about my heart. To date there is nothing to indicate there is anything wrong with my heart, but I don't want that to change. My grandmother had already had her second heart attack at my age (36). My uncle at about this age had to have a bypass done.
I struggle with my own doubts but as I have schizoaffective bipolar type (a form of schizophrenia with a mood disorder) I have voices in my head that are very rarely nice to me. It seems at times I am being hit by my own "stinkin' thinkin'" and the voices with the two confirming each other. I am doing my best to remember the three C's though: Catch it, Check it, and Change it.0 -
Hi Ignaura, Props to your trainer. Tracking is such a great tool!I've been so out of MFP, but still keeping my healthy habits. My trainer set me up for a challenge that will require full track of my meals... so, here I am!
It's amazing that peacocks live in Canada, you guys. Even the geese migrate to warmer climates. Ah those feathers must be great insulators.
Holly, I'm back to work from two weeks off and hustling to dig through the piles. Keep thinking I'm gonna catch up, but it just never happens. Is your sister visiting? Whatever your challenges, I'm thinking strong thoughts for you. Best wishes!
Glad to hear more voices. Always fun.
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Dan, I would have said that the food makes me feel better but you really put that into presepctive.. In the long run it will make me feel worse...
Paula: my sister is staying for a week on a trial separation from her husband. We have a rocky past...and she is best friends with my husbands ex wife... awkward!
Etherlily: thanks for stopping in and opening up! Sounds like you have some big challenges on a day to day basis! I have a understanding on Mental health disorders and know that you will have to work double hard, but an overall healthy lifestyle can benefit you in so many ways including with your mental health! I hope you find some support here. I can't imagine the frustration in trying to balance your meds and your body! I understand bring scared to take stuff that effects your heart but all the more reason to take care of yourself and lower your risk of heart disease! If you didn't discuss your weight loss plans with your doctor make sure you do especially while on different meds! Lowering your sodium will significantly lower your risk of high blood pressure!
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Holly: My doctor knows of my weight loss plans. All of my doctors know, but I get a lot of "You need to lose weight" followed quickly by "You can't really expect to lose much weight on your meds" when I mention my struggles. I had been on a blood pressure medication there for a while as it suddenly spiked really high about two years ago. I was taken off the med a few months ago as my pressure started to get too low. It's still something I cautious about. I should return to monitoring my pressure in the morning and the evening. I am trying very hard to watch my sodium. Most days I do fine, but yesterday I finished at around 2,100 mg of sodium. It has started out high this morning. I am being more mindful as the day goes on and adjusting my meals to ensure I come in closer to what I should which I know is essentially a 1:1 ratio of calories:sodium.
I hope your stress eases up some. If your world does get tipped over we'll be here for you.0 -
Holly, that sounds like a whole lot of stress coming your way. But Dan's advice sounds better than anything I could think of. Remember if it get rough, you can always vent on here. lol!
Etherlily, It sounds like you have a good grasp of what's going on. Just remember to follow you own plan.
Paula, the peacocks were only in the Vancouver area. It is the mildest temperature zone in the country, I believe it is the also only temperate rainforest in the North America. It's a nice place to live if you like RAIN!!! lol! I hope you getting caught up at work.
I'm feeling a little curmudgeonly today, I thin I'll go and watch Monster's University with the kids. Should cheer me up!0 -
So far I am handling my visitors, I worked Saturday so I was out of the House all day and than Sunday was a lot of house work! This week hopefully does not get out of control, I think things are going well! Our meal planning has gone downhill some as I am trying to feed extra people every night and it's cheaper to make extra rice than to make extra meat!!!
So I started to force myself to drink extra water with nothing added like crystal light and I have finally got myself worked up to 1 water bottle a day (3 cups). It's great, now my plan is to start to add 1 more bottle with crystal light in it just to keep myself hydrated while I break my soda addiction! I Love my sodas (always diet of course) but it's time to love myself more and I just need to break that cycle!
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Holly: I have weekly gatherings with the Koffee Klutch in my apartment building. We meet every morning for coffee and chit chat with Weds as our dinner nights. We all take turns hosting, but on those nights when a person is hosting it takes more effort definitely to make extra for people without breaking the budget, financial or time. I don't think I could do it for more than two nights in a row though so I applaud you and all of your effort.0
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As I read the posts and replies of encourgment, it's like I'm reading a conversation that I started! WOW!
Etherlily, I struggle with sodium intake. There are days I think I'm doing ok and when I look at the food diary, it's showing something different. It's very frustrating. I'm seeing one doctor after another right now trying to find a 'better' diagnosis. Right now it's treat the PCOS and the Metabolic Syndrome and the rest should fall into place. At the same time the dr is telling me some of my medicines make it next to impossible to lose weight. Depression play's a major role in my life. When I exercise I do and feel great. When I dont, I spiral fast.
Holly, pop/soda is hard for me to break. But I love to drink water too, it's the fountain pop that gets me. I fear the headache that comes with quitting.
I go see an endocrine specialist for the Metabolic Syndrome next week. Hopefully I'll have some direction and ideas on how to beat this medical issue.0
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